Remove tomcat autostart

Question

When I run ubuntu, the tomcat server I have installed runs automatically and I have to switch it off manually. I want tomcat not to start automatically on boot. How to disable tomcat's startup on boot?

Answer 1

-> first: find out the name of the service. for example: tomcat or tomcat6

Than: try this:

sudo update-rc.d tomcat remove

You can use the following tool:

sudo sysv-rc-conf

http://dotgiri.com/2009/08/31/alternative-for-chkconfig-in-ubuntu-sysv-rc-conf-enable-or-disable-services-at-startup/

If this doesn't work, the next will work

1.) find out your current runlevel

runlevel

2.) (re)move the startscript from the runlevel directory /etc/rcX.d (wher X is the number of the current runlevel) Example:

mv /etc/rc5.d/S90tomcat /etc/rc5.d/disable.S90tomcat

The script starts with S and an Number (for example S90tomcat), which means: S=stratscript for tomcat, Start at position 90.

Simply delete or move that script.

3.) Finally also remove the stop-Script (Kill Script) which looks like /etc/rcX.d/Kyytomcat where yy is an number between 0-99 and X is the runlevel, you still know.

mv /etc/rc5.d/K01tomcat /etc/rc5.d/disable.K01tomcat

Look at this http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/01/disable-service-startup-in-ubuntu/

Answer 2

I installed tomcat using this tutorial and following solution worked for me.

Edit tomcat.conf

   sudo vim /etc/init/tomcat.conf

I changed start on runlevel value to

    start on runlevel []

Stop autostart

    sudo initctl stop tomcat